Salvadoran composer (1921?2003)
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Servellon
and the second or maternal family name is
Torres
.
Esteban Servellon
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Born
| Esteban Servellon Torres
16 October 1921
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Died
| 12 August 2003
(2003-08-12)
(aged 81)
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Nationality
| Salvadoran
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Occupation(s)
| Musician, composer, pedagogue
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Esteban Servellon Torres
(16 October 1921 ? 12 August 2003) was a Salvadoran musician, composer, and pedagogue. He composed, among other works, a
Requiem Mass
, a
sonata
for guitar, and several serenades and quartets.
Early life and career
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The son of Pedro Servellon and Lucia Torres,
[1]
from a young age he played the viola, cello and violin. At age 16, he moved with his mother and siblings to
Ciudad Delgado
, near the capital of
San Salvador
. He studied at the Rafael Olmedo National School of Music in that city, and in 1941, joined the Banda de los Supremos Poderes, the State Symphony Orchestra.
[2]
Later life and career
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In 1952, Servellon received a government scholarship to study composition and conducting at the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
in
Rome
, where he remained for four years. In the same year, he created the ballet
Rina
. In 1956, he returned to El Salvador where he assumed the position of director of the National Conservatory of Music. By 1960, he was the Assistant Director of the Salvadoran Army Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfonica del Ejercito de El Salvador).
[3]
Renamed the
El Salvador Symphony Orchestra
(Orquesta Sinfonica de El Salvador; OSES) in 1960,
[4]
Servellon went on to become its conductor.
In 1973, he traveled to the United States where he lived for three years. In 1976, he moved to
Veracruz
, Mexico, where he remained until 1992. In the 1980s, he was professor of musical composition at the
Universidad Veracruzana
.
[6]
On his return to El Salvador, he briefly worked as head of the School of Music of the National Arts Centre. His works included
Suite de Cuerdas
,
Suite Retrospectivas
,
Sonatina para Pequena Orquesta
,
Cuarteto de Cuerdas Tres Alotropicos
,
Introduccion y Rondo para Contrabajo y Cuerdas
, and
Concertino para contrabajo y orquesta
. He also created the symphonic poems
Sihuehuet
,
Faeton
, and
Zipitin
. Servellon died of
sudden cardiac arrest
in 2003.
[7]
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